I had such a great experience with Cindy and Anne, I'm looking into renting their beach house in Pattaya. To Google this place, search for Unity Tower in Bangkok and it'll pull up this area in Bang Na. I wanted to get away from the tourism and have a genuine Thai experience and this place fit the bill completely while still being easily accessible to the sites. There's no dedicated shower area in the bathroom so that's a little awkward but you get used to it quickly. I think that's the norm here anyway. Hardly anyone speaks English so it was a relief that Cindy is fluent and Anne can more than get by. Anne is the kind of person that reminds me of my Minnesota-mom (kind/caring and exceptionally sweet).

Short Guide of the Area:
Get off at the number 3 exit, walk down the stairs and make an immediate U-turn. Then make a left on the main street (Udom Suk) stay on the left hand side and turn left again when you see Soi 9 or directly after the 7-11. Fresh fruit can be had anywhere from 1-9 but it starts to die off after 11. There's a filtered water machine downstairs for about a couple pennies a liter and a couple more on the same block. A branch of Health Land is about 4.2k away and difficult to find but well worth the $16(?) 2 hour legit massage. I know it's above average but I don't want to be harassed about "extras". Anyway, GPS is your friend if you don't speak the language. As far as street vendors, I don't eat meat (Khun Churn is 5 blocks away) but some people would like to know that street vendors use lard-oil because it's cheaper to cook with than vegetable/olive oil. When ordering a fruit juice, specify "Only Coconut/Pineapple etc." because all the vendors will put some sugar mix in there. Also fresh fruit comes with bags of sugar for some reason. Check any lotions or sunblock you buy because they may have whitening ingredients in them and bring comfy sandals and shorts. Another thing being here is that I LOVED the BTS (sky-train) access! That's all I could think of at the moment. Later :)